Lost all my VST folder and plugins...

[Maxidingue]

Hi,
Yesterday i purschased the upgrade from collection V4 to V5
Installed without problem
Deleted all my old plugins from the V4 collection (with CleanMyMac)
This morning lauched AbletonLive and......... no VST plugins at all
Looked at user/library/audio/plugins.....
the vst one as disapeared......

Fortunately i have hooked to my Mac few years ago a 1 To Back Time hard drive 
Restored my vst folder
and now .... load a second time the V5 collection

So:
1- Backtime is a huge feature
2- Take care when desinstalling Arturia plugins

Anyways; HOW COULD I DIS-INSTALLED THE OLD VERSION OF ARTURIA PLUGINS SAFELY

Thanks a lot

MaxIdinGue

[jackn2mpu]

Hi,
Yesterday i purschased the upgrade from collection V4 to V5
Installed without problem
Deleted all my old plugins from the V4 collection (with CleanMyMac)
This morning lauched AbletonLive and......... no VST plugins at all
Looked at user/library/audio/plugins.....
the vst one as disapeared......

Fortunately i have hooked to my Mac few years ago a 1 To Back Time hard drive 
Restored my vst folder
and now .... load a second time the V5 collection

So:
1- Backtime is a huge feature
2- Take care when desinstalling Arturia plugins

Anyways; HOW COULD I DIS-INSTALLED THE OLD VERSION OF ARTURIA PLUGINS SAFELY

Thanks a lot

MaxIdinGue

There's no need to uninstall your old plugins. I certainly wouldn't do that until Arturia fixes the new versions. Things like you can't use old custom made presets directly in the new versions, etc. Or how about opening old projects - I doubt the new versions will directly open where the old ones were.

And please - stay away from such utilities like Clean My Mac - they are dangerous and can remove more than is intended. Depending on the parameters you set you could remove something you may not have used in a month or so but still need it. Anyways the Arturia stuff doesn't take up that much drive space so I'd say once again to leave the old stuff in place.

[Trips]

There's no need to uninstall your old plugins. I certainly wouldn't do that until Arturia fixes the new versions. Things like you can't use old custom made presets directly in the new versions, etc. Or how about opening old projects - I doubt the new versions will directly open where the old ones were.

The new versions will definitely not "open where the old ones were". The names of the plugins aren't even the same. Strongly suggest keeping the old ones installed!